Queensland Consolidated Acts

GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2009 - SECT 459

459 Right of entry to facilitate decommissioning of wells and removal of equipment and improvements

(1) CTSCo may enter the following land to carry out decommissioning for EPQ10—

(a) land (the
"primary land" ) on which the decommissioning must be carried out;

(b) any other land (the
"access land" ) it is reasonably necessary to cross for access to the primary land.

(2) For subsection (1), the Common Provisions Act , chapter 3 , parts 2 , 3 , 4A and 7 apply to CTSCo as if—

(a) EPQ10 were still in effect and CTSCo were still its holder; and

(b) the primary land and access land were in EPQ10’s area; and

(c) decommissioning were an authorised activity for EPQ10.

(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the right to enter land, under the Common Provisions Act , section 72B (2) , continues to apply in relation to CTSCo until the rehabilitation conditions have been complied with.

(4) In this section—

"decommissioning" , for EPQ10, means—

(a) decommissioning a well under section 267 as applied in relation to EPQ10 by this division; and

(b) removing equipment or improvements under section 334 as applied in relation to EPQ10 by this division.

"rehabilitation conditions" means conditions 58 to 60 of the environmental authority, with the environmental authority number ‘EPPG00646913’, ended under the Environmental Protection Act , section 819 (1) (a) .